National Blueprint · One of 195
The youngest nation on Earth, with 12.2 million citizens, oil exports that pay nearly nine-tenths of fiscal revenue, and electricity for one citizen in twenty.
Perfect Nations values what South Sudan owns and raises capital against it, through innovative financing for development (FfD) and super intelligence (SI).
South Sudan at a glance
What we do for South Sudan
Perfect Nations is a new-age sovereign advisory firm, and its clients are nations.
The whole logo: a Perfect Nation, where every citizen has all seven basic standards of living, led by good governance.
01Assets · The cup · Sovereign Assets
Each is owned today, earns today, and can carry South Sudan toward seven basic standards of living for every citizen.
Nearly 90%Of fiscal revenue, IMF, 2024
A pipeline across Sudan carries 70% of output. Damaged in February 2024, it carries oil again: output reached 157,000 barrels a day early in 2025/26.
2,359 m³Renewable fresh water per person, 2022
The White Nile and the great wetlands of the Sudd.
44.7%Of land in agriculture, 2024
Cattle and farmland across nearly half the country.
0.4%Renewable share of electricity output, 2021
A grid run almost wholly on diesel, under an equatorial sun.
12.2mCitizens, 2025
Four in five live in the countryside.
02Capital · The laurels · Capital Architecture
Bonds, guarantees, swaps and loans that raise capital against what South Sudan owns, every line sourced.
Capital ArchitectureThe record in figures
Capital already committed
Launched December 2025 · 4.3 million people targeted · $1.04 billion prioritised
9.9 million people in need
The plan of the Humanitarian Country Team for 2026, prioritising lifesaving and time-critical assistance in the counties where needs are most acute. It was launched at $1.5 billion; the overall requirement is now $1.46 billion.
United Nations and humanitarian partners
SourceApproved 30 October 2025 by the GCF Board (B.43) · funded activity agreement effective 2 December 2025 · grant
GCF grant of $44.68 million and $5.32 million co-financing
Builds climate resilience for about 1.7 million people in flood- and drought-prone north-western South Sudan, including refugees, internally displaced people, returnees and host communities. The World Food Programme is the accredited entity.
Green Climate FundWorld Food Programme
SourceStaff-level agreement 20 June 2025 · nine months, expected to start in August 2025, pending approval by IMF Management
Debt forecast at about 58% of GDP in 2024/2025
Staff-Monitored Programs are informal arrangements between national authorities and IMF staff, without endorsement by the IMF Executive Board. This one supports reforms to strengthen economic resilience to shocks, and follows the conclusion of South Sudan’s Staff Monitored Program with Board Involvement on 15 November 2024.
International Monetary Fund
SourceApproved, announced 5 September 2024 · IDA grant · three years
Project total $18 million with $3 million from the Government
Strengthens the policies, procedures and systems that manage South Sudan’s civil service, over three years. The Government recognises the central role public servants play in delivering services to citizens.
World Bank (IDA)Government of South Sudan
SourceReported 22 December 2023 · financing agreement signed 5 February 2024 · IDA grant of SDR 22.9 million
Farmers and their organisations, after four years of floods
Additional IDA financing to strengthen farmers and their organisations and raise agricultural production, with part for livestock and fisheries. The project has provided seeds, other inputs and technology to 52,224 farming households facing acute food insecurity.
World Bank (IDA)
SourceApproved 20 December 2023 · IDA grant of SDR 89.1 million (US$117 million equivalent)
IDA share of a $369.5 million total cost at appraisal
Expands access to a basic package of health and nutrition services and strengthens the health system, covering 1,158 health facilities in phases. At appraisal, IDA gave $117 million, donor trust funds were to give $242.5 million (expected donors: Canada, the EU, the UK, Gavi, the Global Fund, Sweden and USAID) and the Government $10 million.
World Bank (IDA)Donor trust fundsGovernment of South Sudan
SourceFinancing agreement signed 10 July 2023 · IDA grant · closing date 30 June 2028
Alongside a grant from the Global Partnership for Education
Increases skills development opportunities in teaching and digital agriculture, and strengthens capacity to manage the education system.
World Bank (IDA)Global Partnership for Education
SourceApproved 25 April 2023 · IDA, Grant E166 · closing date 30 April 2028
Plus $3 million from Japan’s PHRD fund, $53 million in all
Grid densification and extension in Juba, a hybrid mini-grid in Yei, and standalone solar systems for health and selected public institutions.
World Bank (IDA)Japan Policy and Human Resource Development Fund
SourceApproved, announced 7 June 2022 · IDA grant, including $25 million from the Window for Host Communities and Refugees and $30 million from the Crisis Response Window
15 of the 79 counties
Cash transfers and income-generating opportunities for the most vulnerable households, with investment in child nutrition and development and capacity for several key ministries.
World Bank (IDA)
SourceApproved, announced 26 May 2022 · IDA grant
91,000 women and 5,200 adolescent girls
Grants, training and technical assistance for women entrepreneurs to formalise and grow their businesses, and access to vital services for survivors of gender-based violence. It is expected to reach 673,400 people indirectly.
World Bank (IDA)
SourceApproved 31 March 2022 · IDA grant
COVID-19 vaccines for 30 percent of the population
Vaccines and health services, with expanded care in Upper Nile, Jonglei, the Greater Pibor Administrative Area and Ruweng, and for refugees, host communities and people hit by floods. It also strengthens disease surveillance, laboratories and emergency preparedness.
World Bank (IDA)
SourceApproved 15 March 2022 · IDA grant
920,000 people in 12 of 79 counties
Improves access to basic infrastructure, strengthens community institutions and enhances flood resilience, widening access to electricity, clean water, health care and education.
World Bank (IDA)
SourceApproved 15 July 2026 · African Development Fund grant, shared with Ethiopia
Unity State and Ethiopia’s Gambella region
Solar-powered water supply, flood management, sanitation in schools and climate-smart farming. Across both countries it targets nearly 80,000 people for safe drinking water and more than 100,000 farmers for training.
African Development Fund
SourceApproved 20 November 2024 · addendum approved 8 December 2025 · Transition Support Facility grant
Faecal sludge treatment for Juba
Expands and upgrades faecal sludge treatment in Juba, builds sanitation facilities and strengthens waste management, with training and equipment for public sanitation agencies. Dense neighbourhoods such as Munuki and Kator are expected to benefit.
African Development Fund
SourceApproved 13 December 2024 · $32.50 million African Development Fund grant and €48.93 million EU grant to South Sudan · total project cost $260 million
Plus a €48.93 million EU grant to South Sudan
A 299 km power line from Olwiyo in Uganda to Gumbo near Juba, 149 km of it in South Sudan, with two new substations and 1,000 last-mile connections. It is designed to link South Sudan to the East African Power Pool.
African Development FundEuropean UnionGovernment of Uganda
SourceApproved, announced 12 July 2024 · grant
Six years, September 2024 to December 2030
Climate-smart technologies, value chains led by women and young people, digital agricultural and climate advisory services and skills training for about 567,155 direct beneficiaries in nine counties of four states. It targets about 350,000 tonnes of cereals and 179,200 direct jobs.
African Development Bank Group
SourceApproved, announced 12 June 2024 · $6.62 million African Development Fund grant and $1.98 million Transition Support Facility
Tax revenue beyond oil
Builds the capacity of South Sudan’s National Revenue Authority, with IT systems for revenue administration and tax collection, tax compliance, audits and training. It also explores new tax bases: value-added, hotel and property taxes.
African Development Fund
SourceWFP release, 30 October 2026 · Jonglei, Unity and Upper Nile
US$2.8 million
Early warning, anticipatory cash, livelihood protection, labour-intensive public works and prepositioned supplies, protecting food security and livelihoods before floods become humanitarian emergencies.
United KingdomFAOWorld Food Programme
SourceSigned 25 June 2026 · three years
U.S. more than $146 million; South Sudan nearly $20 million
The United States intends to provide more than $146 million to prevent the spread of infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS. The Government commits nearly $20 million of public revenue to health systems, including clinical care.
U.S. Department of StateGovernment of South Sudan
SourceFollow-on investment announced 19 February 2026 · backed by EFSD+
Finnfund’s total investment in CREI now $10 million
Finances solar-hybrid power for MTN South Sudan’s 499 telecom sites under a 10-year energy-as-a-service contract. 490 sites have been modernised, reaching over 4 million customers, with a 43% cut in carbon emissions.
FinnfundCREI
Source
Achol DengNation Steward of South Sudan · SI Researcher
Independent firms and social enterprises already at work in South Sudan, highlighted by Perfect Nations. None is a partner of Perfect Nations.
Has drilled more than 640 wells in remote villages since 2005, providing water to more than 500,000 people, mainly in rural villages of the Bahr el Ghazal region. Its employees are all South Sudanese.
Water for South SudanDeveloped and financed in-house a 20 MW solar power plant with battery storage, which supplies bulk energy to the Juba Electricity Distribution Company. The plant can supply electricity to up to 16,000 households in Juba.
Ezra GroupRuns a girls’ secondary school opened in 2008, a primary school and a primary health care centre in Maker Kuei, Rumbek. Around 400 girls attend the secondary school and 1,200 children the primary school.
Loreto Rumbek03Solutions · The seven stars · Perfect Capita
Perfect Capita is the yearly cost, per person, of lifting everyone above the Living Line in all seven basic living standards, set with South Sudan in its own prices.
How Perfect Capita worksTap a star for its figure and source.
The price of Perfect South Sudan
To be set with South Sudan, from its own figures and in its own prices: Perfect Capita times the people of South Sudan, each year.
Perfect Nations estimate, to be confirmed with South Sudan. Figures marked dated rest on surveys more than five years old; lenient measures are marked as such. The strict measures
Strict measures. Food: share not moderately or severely food insecure (FAO). Water: safely managed drinking water where measured; where it is not, basic water, marked as such. Shelter: the lower of safely managed sanitation and the share outside urban slums. Energy: the lower of electricity per person against 1,000 kWh and clean cooking. Education: the lower of children reading by the end of primary school and lower-secondary completion. Health: WHO service coverage index. Livelihood: share above the stricter of the national poverty line and the World Bank line for the nation’s income group. Each figure links to its source.
Solution No. 31
A published share of oil revenue becomes solar power and clean kitchens, state by state.
12.2mSouth Sudanese who cook without clean fuel
Almost everything your state spends is paid for by oil that must travel through another country to reach the sea. … Oil pays for the state. It has not yet paid for a decent life.
“Oil has paid for the state. Water, land and people can pay for a decent life.”
Work with us · The ReDesign Studio
One mission, three depths: the same four moves for South Sudan, taken as far toward market as you choose.
For the Government of South Sudan, its development partners and investors. Scope and fees are agreed in writing before any work begins.
Mandate 013 hours
A private session for the people who decide.
You leave withThe gap, named and sized
Mandate 023 days
Your team and ours, working the blueprint together.
You leave withThe structure, drawn
Mandate 03End to end
Led personally by the President and CEO.
You leave withA structure ready for market
Where South Sudanese and Co-designers design the nation they want to live in.
Writings
Up to 1,500 words on your vision of Perfect South Sudan, published with your name.
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Great local leaders: honest, dedicated and committed to basic standards of living for all. Every guest answers one question: “What does South Sudan already own, and how could it pay for a decent life for every citizen?”
Co-designers
Everyone who shares a vision, a voice or an enterprise here becomes a Co-designer of Perfect South Sudan.
Become a Co-designerThe South Sudan ReDesign Studio is open
Share your vision, suggest a guest, or write to us: every message receives a personal reply.
